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The craft of political analysis for diplomats

1st ed.

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Publisher
Potomac Books
Language
English
Pages
159

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The craft of political analysis for diplomats
2011, Potomac Books
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Table of Contents

Glossary of common State Department terms
What is political analysis and why is it a craft?
The objectives of diplomatic political analysis
The audience
The competition
The analyst's personal toolkit
The analytic tools
Criteria for superior reporting: the State Department view
Case study: the collapse of the Soviet Union (1): early embassy Moscow views
Case study: the collapse of the Soviet Union (2): coup against Gorbachev
The compass and the weather vane
Technological change, the risk of irrelevance, and the continuing need.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
Washington, D.C
Series
Adst-dacor diplomats and diplomacy series

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
353.1/3270973
Library of Congress
JZ1305 .S62 2011, JZ1305.S62 2011

The Physical Object

Pagination
xii, 159 p. ;
Number of pages
159

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL25131460M
Internet Archive
craftofpolitical0000smit
ISBN 13
9781597977296
LCCN
2011013946
OCLC/WorldCat
682895708

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